The Odyssesy
Who is the King of Ithaca?
Odysseus
Solve the inequality:
2x + 12> 6
x>-3
What is the thin, flexible layer that surrounds the cell and controls what enters and leaves it?
Cell membrane
The American colonies fought for independence from this country during the American Revolution.
Great Britain (England)
Who wrote the Oydessy?
Homer
What monster (also the son of Posidon) lives in a cave that all of the men get trapped in?
Solve the absolute value equation:
3|x + 2|=15
x=3, -7
The cell membrane is described as selectively permeable because it does this.
Allows some things to pass thorugh while blocking others.
This founding father was the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later became the first U.S. president.
George Washington
find the adverb:
The students almost finished their assignments before the bell rang.
Almost- it modifies the verb finished.
Odysseus is deeply upset and moved to tears by the sight of who in the Land of the Dead?
his mother
Find the slope of this line:
3y + 6x = 12
m = -2
(y=4-2x)
A cell needs oxygen to survive. Oxygen moves from an area of high concentration outside the cell to an area of low concentration inside the cell without using energy. This process is called what?
Diffusion
This famous document, signed in 1776, declared that the American colonies were no longer under British rule.
Declaration of Independance
How many days off school do you have in November?
8
What are Scylla and Charybdis?
Scylla is a horrifying monster living in a sea cave. Charybdis is a ship-crushing whirlpool.
Solve the compound inequality:
3x + 5 < -7 or 2x - 4 > 8
x<-4 or x>6
What is the movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of low water concentration?
osmosis
American colonists protested British taxes because they had no elected representatives in the British Parliament. This famous phrase summarized their frustration.
"No taxation without representation"
Who do the Bengals Play this Sunday?
The Baltimore Ravens
To whom did the sacred cattle belong that Odysseus and his men were warned not to eat?
Helios the Sun God
solve :
3|x|>18
x < -6 or x > 6
A cell needs to move a substance from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration. This process requires energy from the cell. What is this process called?
Active transport
Which Amendment to the Constitution is this?
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances"
First Amendment
A preview of next week. What famous American writer wrote many spooky stories including "The Raven", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Edgar Allen Poe